Reaction Time Test - Page 10

On March 29 2011 02:30 TimeSpiral wrote:
140 ish to 165 ish is AVG for me.

Of course, I saved the first one I did which is now logged as 176, or something :/

Screenshot of the 140 session
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Techniques:

(1) Use your peripheral vision. Sensitivity to "movement" or "sudden changes" in your surroundings is higher in your peripheral vision.

(2) Program a reaction, not a command. Feedback into your routine, "click on change," and your body will react automatically.

(3) Don't sit down and say, "okay, when is it going to change, oh! there it is! I should click ..." Your score will be bad.

(4) To avoid concentration, blur your eyes a tiny bit out of focus.

(5) Mitigate unnecessary resistance and setup a little "tension." Make sure the pivot of your wrist is not touching anything, but is "floating." This will allow you to snap-release the tension for a faster (read: more accurate) reaction.

On March 28 2011 20:34 Jintetsu wrote:
220 im 3,4k master

EDIT:

lol did sum random clicking like the guy that got 18 ms, and i managed to get better!





didnt think it was possible, but it obviously was

On March 29 2011 03:33 whatthefat wrote:


Looking at your profile there, you have at least one pre-emptive score.

http://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime/userstats.php?uid=2138266

Given what is known in the reaction time literature, I'd be very surprised if you could achieve the same average over > 20 trials without at least one click before a stimulus appears, i.e., the "don't click until you see green again" message.

On March 29 2011 04:16 TimeSpiral wrote:


Yeah, anything less than 100ms is referred to by that site as "preemptive," or "lucky." And for the most part, I agree, but I do not rule out the possibility of those instances being largely pre-conscious reactions.

I can tell you that those super low scores, like "50" or so were me "trusting," in the reaction and just letting it happen. It was not me spamming the button and getting lucky.

To elaborate, when you look at the color green there is a series of pre-conscious routines triggered. Your brain grabs all the relevant data pertaining the the environmental signal, examines the array of values, and then informs your consciousness which allows for the cognition of green, or; you being aware of green.

To put it in simpler terms; your brain perceives and processes green before you are aware that you are seeing green. You can absolutely react prior to conscious awareness. You do it every day, all day.

I'm using the perception of green as an example because it is directly relative to the reaction speed test, however, you can really use anything you are familiar with; tree, car, sign, word, name, whatever ...

I've done the test four or five times, typically averaging 140 - 165 ish. I'd say the number of "preemptive" scores is roughly 50/50 with the "don't click until you see green again" response.